Facts Philippines

(Geographic)

Philippines is located on Southeast Asia. It has 7,107 islands that are under three main island, Luzon, Visaya, Mindanao.

The capital of Philippines is called Manila, but the most populated city is Quezon City. Philippines has 19 languages, but the two official one would be English and Tagalog

 Philippines has the population of over 100million making it the 7^th most populated country in Asia and the 12^th most populated country in the world.  About 12milion Filipinos also live overseas. They have multiple ethnicities and cultures on every different island.

The country is about 300,000 square kilometers making it the 64^th largest country in the world.

Philippines is close to the equator making them having a high chance of being landed by earthquakes and typhoons.

(History)

In 1521, Ferdinand Magellan arrived in Homonhon, Eastern Samar and marked the beginning of Spanish colonization.

Ruy Lopez de Villalobos named the country Las Islas Filipinas meaning ''The Philippine Islands''.

In 1565 Miguel Lopez de Legazpi arrived in Philippines all the way from Mexico City, with his arrival he made the first Spanish settlement in the archipelago was established. Ever since then, the Philippines has been under Spain for more than 300 years.

During the World War II, Japan took control over Philippines then USA took over and took over the country until 1945. After the World War II the Philippines was recognized as an independent country which results to many democracy, they overthrow the dictatorship by a nonviolent revolution using this method.

Emilio Aguinaldo who was born on 22, March 1869 became a Philippine general, revolution leader, president and a politician.

 Emilio Aguinaldo also designed a flag for Philippines. It has 4 different type of colors, Red, Blue, White and Yellow. The flag has a sun that has 8 rays, each representing a Philippine province.

It also has a three stars, representing the three main island of Philippines, Luzon, Visaya and Mindanao. The flag was first raised at Panay, located outside of Luzon.

The Philippine national flag is normally blue on top and the red on the bottom, however if Philippine was indicating a war into other countries, then the flag colors would be on the opposite side, making it the red on top and the blue on the bottom.

(Sports)

Main sport on the Philippine is Basketball, Voleyball, Football and Boxing.

Their best Football team is called The Azkals, although they have never competed for the FIFA World Cup or the Asian Cup, they are considered one of the most oldest team. The national team best moment on major tournaments was at the 2014 AFC Challenge Cup, they were at the second place after losing to Palestine in the finals.

Philippine boxer Manny Pacquiao is considered one of the best fighter on the world. He has a record of 57-6-2, 38 KO's meaning, 57 wins, 6 loss and 2 draws.